This application is in response to RFA-CA12-022. It addresses PQD - 2 what molecular properties make some cancers curable with conventional chemotherapy? We choose EBV+ endemic Burkitt lymphoma (BL) as the prototypical cancer that is curable with single agent (cyclophosphamide) in >90% of children. This exceedingly high cure rate was already evident in the 1960s in very limited settings (Uganda) and has since been repeated in the US, in Brazil and other nations. Failure is due to co-factors, including socioeconomically and over all performance score, which limit the patients to complete the prescribed number of cycles, rather than molecular heterogeneity. Hence, the reason that this very aggressive cancer is curable is molecular in nature. We will use a functional genetic approach to understand the molecular properties that render BL susceptible to one of the simplest of chemotherapies.

Public Health Relevance

This exploratory R21 application responds to PQD2: What molecular properties make some cancers curable with conventional chemotherapy? We choose EBV+ endemic Burkitt lymphoma (BL) as the prototypical cancer that is curable with single agent (cyclophosphamide) in >90% of children. We will use a functional genetic approach to understand the molecular properties that render BL susceptible to the simplest of chemotherapies.

Agency
National Institute of Health (NIH)
Institute
National Cancer Institute (NCI)
Type
Exploratory/Developmental Grants (R21)
Project #
1R21CA180097-01
Application #
8590757
Study Section
Special Emphasis Panel (ZCA1-GRB-I (M1))
Program Officer
Daschner, Phillip J
Project Start
2013-09-01
Project End
2015-08-31
Budget Start
2013-09-01
Budget End
2014-08-31
Support Year
1
Fiscal Year
2013
Total Cost
$165,300
Indirect Cost
$56,550
Name
University of North Carolina Chapel Hill
Department
Microbiology/Immun/Virology
Type
Schools of Medicine
DUNS #
608195277
City
Chapel Hill
State
NC
Country
United States
Zip Code
27599
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